‘Is my camera on?’: Sajid Javid pokes fun at Matt Hancock over office CCTV July 8, 2021 Health Secretary Sajid Javid has poked fun at his predecessor as he addressed a conference from his office in the Department of Health and Social Care. “I hope my camera is on, is my camera on?” he asked as he dialled in to the conference, adding: “I mean, the one on my laptop, not the [...]
Met Office warns of climate change as UK weather hit record levels last year July 29, 2021 The Met Office has warned that last year was the first in history to have temperatures, rains and sunshine hit record levels. The effects of climate change continue to be felt across the UK, the Met Office said in a report today, during a July which brought both heat-health warnings and flooding to London. “This [...]
Police arrest a man over Luton Airport fire but believe blaze was likely an electrical fault October 23, 2023 The force said the man had been arrested several days after the fire and officers believe the blaze started when a diesel car, possibly a Range Rover, suffered an electrical fault or leaking fuel line.
Exclusive: IWG founder and office veteran Mark Dixon on why hybrid working is the new normal July 28, 2021 Office space giant IWG swung to a £650m loss last year due to the impact of coronavirus on working habits, it announced earlier this year. However, founder and CEO Mark Dixon has full confidence in the future of London’s offices, as he sits down with City A.M. for an exclusive interview. Dixon said his company [...]
Trading places – the rise of the institutional investors in crypto derivatives trading February 20, 2023 Kok Kee Chong, Chief Executive Officer, AsiaNext examines crypto derivatives trading and how the financial world has changed.
Pandemic crackdown: Serious Fraud Office reports hit highest level in four years July 6, 2021 The number of fraud reports made to the Serious Fraud Office jumped to its highest level in four years during the pandemic. Fraud reports increased to 998 in the twelve months up to the end of March, a 13 per cent increase from last year’s 882 reports, according to Confirmation, part of Thomas Reuters. The [...]
Bank of friends and family: First-time buyers more reliant on help to get on housing ladder April 8, 2024 Between April 2022 and March 2023, 36 per cent of recent first-time buyers - resident for less than three years - used gifts from family and friends to help buy a home, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
July online sales reach record high of £10bn as return to the office boosts consumer spending August 16, 2021 UK e-commerce spending hit £10 bn in July, the highest monthly spend in 2021 so far, and the most spent in July ever according to Adobe’s Digital Economy Index. This brings this year’s total online spend to £64.9 bn, a massive increase of 56 per cent from 2019. While offline inflation has continued to increase [...]
Bank of England deputy governor expects return to the office to be “bigger than we anticipate” July 5, 2021 The deputy governor and chief operating officer of the Bank of England told a conference today that she expects the return to the office “might be a bit bigger than we anticipate”. Joanna Place gave the remarks at an event hosted by the Investment Association in which she launched a pilot that will see all [...]
The next year will cement new trends in how we work January 2, 2023 The last year was supposed to herald the return to the office, but strikes and other disruptions meant a City full of workers never materialised.